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US-10116953

Decoding a picture based on a reference picture set on an electronic device

PublishedOctober 30, 2018
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Technical Abstract

A method for decoding a picture on an electronic device is described. The method includes obtaining a bitstream. The method also includes obtaining a current picture. The method further includes obtaining a relative reference picture set (RPS) parameter. The method additionally includes initializing an index value. Furthermore, the method includes processing another RPS parameter based on the index value. The method also includes decoding the current picture.

Patent Claims
8 claims

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1. A method for decoding a video bitstream, the method comprising: identifying a reference picture set from the video bitstream, wherein the video bitstream includes at least one flag associated with one of long and short term reference pictures of the reference picture set, wherein a current picture associated with the reference picture set is encoded in the video bitstream; and decoding the current picture from the video bitstream using inter prediction with the reference picture set; and parsing the at least one flag, wherein the at least one flag indicates keeping the at least one reference picture for decoding subsequent pictures.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the reference picture set is based on a slice header obtained from the video bitstream.

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3. A method for encoding a video bitstream comprising: generating a reference picture set for a current picture of the video bitstream, wherein the reference picture set includes long term and short term reference pictures; encoding a block of the current picture using inter prediction with the reference picture set; sending the reference picture set to the video bitstream; setting and sending at least one flag, associated with one of the long term and short term reference pictures of the reference picture set, into the video bitstream, wherein the at least one flag indicates keeping the at least one reference picture for decoding subsequent pictures; and sending the encoded block to the video bitstream.

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4. The method of claim 3 , wherein sending the reference picture set comprises sending the reference picture set in a slice header.

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5. An electronic device for decoding a video bitstream, the electronic device comprising: a processor; a memory in electronic communication with the processor; instructions stored in the memory for execution by the processor, the instructions when executed configuring the processor to: identify a reference picture set from the video bitstream, wherein the video bitstream includes at least one flag associated with one of long term and short term reference pictures of the reference picture set, wherein a current picture associated with the reference picture set is encoded in the video bitstream; and decode the current picture from the video bitstream using inter prediction with the reference picture set; and parse the at least one flag, wherein the at least one flag indicates keeping the at least one reference picture for decoding subsequent pictures.

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6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein identifying the reference picture set is based on a slice header obtained from the video bitstream.

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7. An electronic device for encoding a video bitstream, comprising: a processor; a memory in electronic communication with the processor; instructions stored in the memory for execution by the processor, the instructions when executed configuring the processor to: generate a reference picture set containing long term and short term reference pictures; encode a block of a current picture using inter prediction with the reference picture set; send the reference picture set to the video bitstream; set and send at least one flag, associated with one of the long term and short term reference pictures of the reference picture set, into the video bitstream, wherein the at least one flag indicates keeping the at least one reference picture for decoding subsequent pictures; and send the encoded data to the video bitstream.

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8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein sending the reference picture set comprises sending the reference picture set in a slice header.

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December 12, 2016

Publication Date

October 30, 2018

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